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METHOD OF DECORATING METAL PLATES.

Application filed August 24, 1925. Serial No. 51,988.

Toall tqhom; it may concern: Be it known that I, Fnnnnmon H. new, -acitizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements-in .Methods of Decorating Metal Plates, of which the'following is a specification. a

The present invention is directed to a method of decorating metalplates.

'. The primary. object of the invention is to provide a method whereinmetal plates can be decorated with wood veneer of differentcolors andwhen so decorated be- 1 extremely attractive and maybe used for variouspurposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method wherein woodveneer varying in color can be easily and quickly form a permanent partthereof. 7 r

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan Figure 2 is a sectional view showingthe sheet previous to applying pressure thereto.

Figure 3 is a similar vlew after pressure has been applied. Figure 4 1sa similar view parts of the sheet removed. a

Figure 5 is a similar view showin the position ofthe second sheet beforeapp ying pressure thereto.

Figure 6 is a similar view after pressure has been applied to the secondsheet.

Figure 7 isasectional view on line-7 of Figure 1.

In carrying out my method I employ a metal plate 1, which may beproduced in any suitable manner to provide the plate 40 with a marginalwall 2 and a resultantrecess 3. The base of the recess is provided viewof the plate.

i with walls 4, in this instance rectangular in.

contour so as to rovide recesses 5. The upper edges of the walls 4 arein a plane with the upper. edges of the wall 2. To decorate the plate itis necessaryv that veneer of contrasting colors be secured in therespective recesses and in order to accomplish this I first take a sheetof veneer of maple, designated by the numeral6 and place it upon theplate 1, as shown in Figure 2; of the and after the recess 3 has beencoated -wi suitable cement, and at this step of the method care beingtaken that no cement enters the recesses 5. The'sheet 6. is thensubjected to pressure in any approved manner so that it will bepressed'into the recesses 3 and 5 and it assumes the position as shownin Figure 3 of the drawing and at which time the walls 2 and 4 formimpressions 7 and 8, respectively, in the sheet. To

- remove these impressions,- as well as the portions of the sheetresting upon the wall 2 a grinder of any approved design is employedwhich removes all portions of the sheet above the upper edges of therespective walls, as shown in Fi re 7 of the drawing, which leaves allof ti recesses filled'with portions of the sheet.

After this operation it is necessary that the pieces of veneer accupyingthe recesses 5 be removed in order to make room for veneer contrastingin color to the sheetfi, which as before mentioned is maple, acomparatively white colored wood. It has been foundthat upon jarrin theplate 1 that the veneer occupying t e recesses 5 can be readilydislodged owing to the fact that no cement has been placed therein.Owing to the application of cement to the recess 3 the veneer will befirmly retained therein, but is removed from the recesses 5, as shown inFigure 4 of the drawing. I next take a sheet-of veneer 9, for instanceof mahogany or other wood contrasting in color to the sheet 6, and placeit upon'the plate, as shownin Figure 5 of the drawing, said sheet thenbeing subjected to pressure in the same manner as the sheet 'G, it beingof course understood that the recesses 5 have now been coated 'withcement. After pressure has been applied to the ljsheet 9 is assumes theposition as shown in igure 6 of the drawing. The sheet 9 is thensubjected to the action of the grindelrl in (Lrder 11710 relmovefallhparts of saidseetaovetepaneoteu edges of the walls 4 defining therecess egthereb filling the 5. In this manner the recesses'5 aswellastherecess3are filled with sections of veneer, as shown in. Fi 7 ofthe drawing.

ince the sheets 6 and ing colors the efiect will greatly enhance theappearance of the slate and it be of course understood at in lieu of thewalls 4- other configurations may be 9am of contrastp 7 such forinstance as society emblemecrests 1- April 13 1926. I 1.580,773

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